"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,587 3/6

HEART
BROIL
DRILL

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,587 4/6

BUYER
VIRGO
RADII
DRILL

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,587 5/6

CRANE
HOIST
PRIOR
GRILL
DRILL

[RTFirefly]

@Bullitt

Thread #2 was started by @RTFirefly.

I also had the last post in Thread #2. The alpha and the omega, that’s me.

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,588 3/6

no Ai

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,587 4/6*

SNIDE
IDIOT
DAIRY
DRILL

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1587 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
DRILL

There were several possibilities after 2; the solution was the choice that would guarantee a 4 if it didn’t turn out to be the solution. Nice when that happens.

[chela]

Wordle 1,587 5/6*

Racer
Morph
Swirl

Grill
Drill

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,588 4/6

RATIO
TRUCE
TUNER
TUBER

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,588 2/6

AUDIO
TUBER

Quite pleased with myself…

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,588 3/6

[SuntanLotion]

TONER
TIGER
TUBER

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,588 5/6 — Fri 24 Oct 2025-10-24





STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
TRUER
TUBER

[pjd]

Wordle 1,588 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

[chela]

Wordle 1,588 4/6*

Audio
Mulch
Runes
Tuber

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,588 5/6

FRAME
LONER
WIDTH
TIGER
TUBER

Grrr. Stuck in the damn -ER trap with too many possibilities.

Depending on which figures you use, the percentage of Wordle solutions ending in -ER is about 1-2% higher than the percentage of all five-letter words with that ending. I would have suspected even more; they seem to go to that well a lot.

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,588 5/6

CHAIR
FLOUR
UNDER
SUPER
TUBER

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,588 5/6* 10/24/2025

DRILL → Need vowels, so try a pair along with two WoFcons.
NEARS → That worked OK, but I think I need at least one more. Unfortunately, in an attempt to get both T and O, I erred by repeating the R placement
TROPE → At least I got a placed T. With two spots left for the R, I abandoned by vowel hunt and tried to go for one of them
THREW → And with that, there was but one word left
TUBER

Even though I erred with my third guess, Scoredle says it brought the number of possible guesses from 150 down to five, so it was still a positive. Scoredle, though, gets its guess count on the third guess from 102 down to three, then guesses right on a 50-50 for the par.

[Wheelz]

@SunUp

I erred by repeating the R placement

Huh. I’d been under the impression that Hard Mode didn’t allow that.

So, if I’m not mistaken, you have to use a placed letter in its place, and you have to use an unplaced letter somewhere. Is that correct?

But apparently it’s OK to use an unplaced letter where you already know it doesn’t go.

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1588 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
TIMER
TUBER